Habitable zones exposed: Astrosphere collapse frequency as a function of stellar mass

Astrobiology

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 673-681

  Smith, David S ^a   Scalo, John M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

Astrospheres; Extrasolar planets; Habitable planets; Habitable zones; Heliospheres; M stars

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; BIOLOGY; CHEMISTRY; MICROCLIMATE;

EXOBIOLOGY; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; STARS, CELESTIAL; WATER;

EID: 70349605828     PISSN: 15311074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ast.2009.0337     Document Type: Article

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